More than 1.9 billion people in 136 low and middle-income countries benefit from social safety net programs, yet 55 percent of the world’s poor or 773 million poor people with acute needs still lack coverage....

KUWAIT CITY, May 9, 2015 – Poverty and vulnerability in a changing Arab World renew the call for building effective, resilient, and well-targeted Social Safety Net (SSN) systems that can mitigate shocks...

Two-thirds of the world’s poorest people remain uncovered, says WB report WASHINGTON, May 13, 2014 – Social safety net programs have grown exponentially around the world in recent years, but more than...

Kuwait City, May 11, 2014 – Effective, resilient and well-targeted social safety net (SSN) programs can mitigate the impact of subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Senior...

LONDON, April 29, 2014 – The seventh ministerial level meeting of the ‘Friends of Yemen’ endorsed a new structure designed to align support for Yemen with the priorities set at the conclusion of the National...

The region’s governments have a unique opportunity for fundamental reforms to bring down barriers to employment and develop safety nets designed to lift people out of poverty WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013...

February 23, 2011 – An estimated 210 million people are out of work worldwide, the highest level of unemployment ever recorded. Twelve months after a devastating earthquake, nearly one million Haitians...